Mystery National Lottery winner claims £619k prize before celebrating with £5 favourite dinner
A MYSTERY National Lottery winner has claimed a £619,718.80 prize and then celebrated with a £5 dinner.
The lucky punter, from Croydon, celebrated with fish and chips after matching five numbers and one Lucky Star in the EuroMillions draw on Friday.
The winner, known only as Mr G, now plans to take the family on a cruise.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said, “Wow, what amazing news for Mr. G.
“This life-changing win ‘cod’ really change someone’s life, and by the sounds of it Mr. G will be kindly sharing his fantastic win with his loved ones too."
At National Lottery, players can buy tickets for all of The National Lottery’s draw-based games including EuroMillions, Lotto, Set For Life and Thunderball.
Once they have registered and set up an account, they can also play a range of online Instant Win Games.
£30 million is generated every week for National Lottery-funded projects.
This money helps fund projects across the nation, with over 670,000 grants - supporting projects both big and small - having been made across the UK to date.
A lottery winner is now at risk of losing an eye-watering £1million jackpot.
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The life-changing prize has been sitting untouched for two weeks as an unknowing Brit is yet to check their EuroMillions ticket.
This potential North Lanarkshire millionaire bagged the whopping fortune in the EuroMillions European Millionaire Maker draw on October 31 2023.
The winning code for this punter was VCVX 86421 - and the lucky ticket-holder has until April 28, 2024 to claim.